Geneva TownshipOH
A town of 10,061, settled in 1805.
Is Geneva Township a good place to live?
Geneva Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $160K, 2.3 years of the Cleveland metro’s $71K median household income. It grades B− overall, 651st of 987 graded towns in Ohio. The low prices come with trade-offs. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 89% of the country. On the plus side, natural-hazard risk is low. 19% of working residents work locally in Geneva Township, against 6.8% in Ohio’s towns and 8% across U.S. towns. The biggest place to walk is Geneva State Park, 583 acres with 1.3 miles of trail.
What makes Geneva Township stand out
Where Geneva Township beats most towns.
How Geneva Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Geneva Township is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for hazard risk (better than 95% of comparable towns) to D for health (better than 11%), so the B− overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Geneva Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Geneva Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Geneva Township.
Geneva Township gets more snow than nearly all U.S. towns and trades workers with Geneva and other neighbors.
Geneva Township’s grade for health is a D
45% of Geneva Township adults have obesity. Geneva Township beats the Ohio average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 14. 16% of Geneva Township adults have diabetes.
| Geneva Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 45% | 38% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 12% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 28% | 25% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 38% | 35% |
| What stands out | Geneva Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 10.4% | 8% |
| More adults with heart disease | 9% | 7.1% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 18.9% | 15.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
On state tests, Geneva Township’s schools beat 53% of Ohio districts
Its public schools are run by the Geneva Area City school district. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Geneva High School, with 656 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geneva Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 4–8 | Grades 4–8 | 449 | B− |
| Geneva High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 8–12 | Grades 8–12 | 656 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
Inland flooding leads a very low hazard risk in Geneva Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 92% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 15 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Geneva Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| Geneva Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 5.7% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Geneva State Park | 1.3 mi | 583 |
| 2. Kiwanis Park | — | 18 |
| 3. Geneva Township Park | 0.1 mi | 11 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Geneva Township stands out in Ohio and nationally, with a typical July afternoon cooler than most
The Dorset weather station, 17 miles away, records that 90 inches of snow fall in a normal winter, more than in 96% of U.S. towns.
Geneva Township’s July high is 81°F. Geneva Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
About one in five working residents works right in Geneva Township
Geneva Township has about as many jobs (3,442) as working residents, but only 713 people both live and work here.
16% of residents live below the poverty line in Geneva Township. Jobs based in Geneva Township grew to 3,442 in 2023, 470 more than in 2013. The average trip to work in Geneva Township is 28 minutes.
| Geneva Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 16% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 4.1% | 9.7% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $59,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Everything we know about Geneva Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Geneva Township
About 4 of every 100 Geneva Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
About Geneva Township
City in Ohio, US
Geneva is a city in northwestern Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The population was 5,924 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Cleveland metropolitan area, 44 miles (71 km) northeast of Cleveland. The area which would become Geneva was originally settled in 1805, and was incorporated as a city in 1958. It is named after Geneva, New York.
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- Established
- 1805
- Area
- 4.1 sq mi
- Elevation
- 673 ft
- ZIP code
- 44041
- Area code
- 440
Geneva Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Geneva Township.
It grades higher overall than all 3 graded towns on its borders; Harpersfield Township (C+) comes closest.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geneva Township | #651 | B− | A− | — | B− | D |
| Geneva-on-the-Lake | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Harpersfield Township | #685 | C+ | A− | — | B− | D |
| Geneva | #697 | C+ | A− | — | B− | D |
| Saybrook Township | #925 | C− | A− | — | C | D− |
| Madison Township | #686 | C+ | B− | — | B− | C |
Geneva Township, Harpersfield Township, Geneva, Saybrook Township and Madison Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Geneva-on-the-Lake isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Geneva Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Geneva Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Geneva Township, OH a good place to live?
Geneva Township grades B− overall, better than 45% of U.S. towns and #651 of 987 in Ohio. It grades D for health and B− for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Geneva Township, OH expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.